Online Emotional Abuse therapists in Hamilton, Ontario ON, Canada CA
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Emotional Abuse
ASR Counselling and Psychotherapy, Attachment and Trauma-informed
Registered Social Worker, HonBA, BSW, MSW, RSW, EMDR Certified
Emotional abuse can feel like, "it hits you from behind." Sometimes taking years to fully realize its impact. Whether from childhood or adulthood, emotional abuse can leave you struggling with self doubt, feeling flawed, incomplete, not good enough. It can cause internal conflict where you may have even lost trust in yourself. The goal becomes to heal the inner conflict by addressing the parts of you that are wounded. To create unity inside where a sense of acceptance and self compassion is restored, or created.
24 Years Experience
Online in Hamilton, ON
Emotional Abuse
Hardie Counselling & BrainWorX, Inc
Registered Psychotherapist, BFA, B.Ed, MA, CPC, CCPCPR, CCAC, ICADC, CSAT, CCTP, CCTACP
Do you feel wounded, frustrated, confused, misunderstood, depressed, anxious, or worthless any time you interact with your partner? Chances are high that your relationship is emotionally abusive.
Emotional or psychological abuse includes blaming, bullying, coercing, cursing, frightening, gaslighting, harassing, humiliating, isolating, manipulating, name-calling, threatening, or otherwise controlling another person.
Sometimes, it's overt, but it can also be covert in that it can be difficult to recognize. It can range from subtle contemptuous remarks or hostile humour that leave you questioning your self-worth to starting arguments to isolating you from others.
No matter what form it takes, this type of abuse can have devastating psychological consequences that can wear down your self-esteem and undermine your mental health.
I applaud you for taking it an important first step in considering getting help. As an abused partner, you can feel isolated, alone and scared. And it takes courage to reach out to and ask for support.
Know that I'm here for you. I'm listening and ready to help you put your emotionally abusive relationship into perspective while also providing tools for overcoming it. Know this - you don't have to deal with this alone, and it's NOT your fault!
32 Years Experience
Online in Hamilton, ON
Emotional Abuse
Mia Klassen
Licensed Professional Counsellor, MPCC #3875, CT #2438, LSCC
Major life changes—career shifts, relocations, becoming a parent, entering a new life stage—can leave you feeling unmoored, questioning who you are and where you're headed. You don't need to have a diagnosed condition to deserve support. I offer empathy, guidance, and practical direction as you navigate uncertainty and redefine yourself. With extensive training and experience across diverse life challenges, I help you process the emotions that come with change, clarify your values and goals, and build confidence in your decisions. Whether you're stuck, overwhelmed, or simply seeking clarity, you'll find both compassionate understanding and actionable guidance here.
10 Years Experience
Online in Hamilton, ON
Emotional Abuse
Kim Michael
Counsellor/Therapist, RP, MACP, CHT,CTP
Thrive Through Therapy takes a warm, collaborative, and client-centred approach grounded in a trauma-informed, biopsychosocial framework. Care considers the whole person—the biological, psychological, and social factors that shape wellbeing—while honouring each client's cultural background, identity, and lived experience. Through a multicultural and trauma lens, sessions create a safe, non-judgmental space where clients feel seen, respected, and understood.
Drawing on evidence-based modalities including CBT, ACT, and PACT for couples, care is always tailored to each person's unique story, needs, and goals rather than a one-size-fits-all model. The focus is on safety, trust, and empowerment—helping clients build practical tools, deeper self-understanding, and meaningful change as they move from surviving to thriving.
4 Years Experience
Online in Hamilton, ON (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Ryan Bittinger
Pre-Licensed Professional, Registered Psychotherapist (Q), DPsychotherapy, LPCC, CAS
Emotional abuse comes in so many forms, whether from families of origin, peers in school, abusive romantic partners, or workplace environments. This abuse erodes our sense of self, our confidence, and leaves scars long after it ends. These experiences and the negative self beliefs we internalize as a result must be unpacked and understood so that we can create a new narrative for ourselves that is more aligned with our authentic self, and the other person's negative views can be allowed to fade into obscurity.
11 Years Experience
Online in Hamilton, ON (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Samantha Mirarchi | Wild Sage Therapy
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Emotional abuse can be hard to name, and even harder to heal from. It doesn’t leave visible scars, but it can deeply impact your self-esteem, sense of safety, and ability to trust yourself or others. Maybe you were constantly criticized, gaslit, manipulated, or made to feel like your needs didn’t matter. You might still be second-guessing your experience, wondering if it was “bad enough” to count.
In therapy, we’ll hold space for your story without judgment or minimization. We’ll help you unpack the impact of emotional abuse, reconnect with your sense of self, and start setting boundaries that feel empowering instead of scary. Healing is possible, and you deserve to feel seen, supported, and safe in your relationships, especially the one with yourself.
10 Years Experience
Online in Hamilton, ON (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
North Star Therapy-- Cleo Haber
Registered Social Worker, BSW, MSW, RSW
If you have experienced emotional abuse, you may be living with normal but unwanted emotional and physical effects of trauma. Are you experiencing panic attacks, anxiety, depression or feelings of shame, fear or anger? Perhaps your sleep is disrupted, or you feel disconnected from your body at times. Psychotherapy can be an effective way to heal from trauma. We will work with you – at your own pace - to make new meaning from past experiences, while teaching you strategies to stay grounded and feel safer in your mind and body. We use trauma-informed approaches to help you feel less overwhelmed, and create safety in the present.
25 Years Experience
Online in Hamilton, ON (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Samantha Williams-Lauder
Registered Social Worker, MSW,RSW
Emotional abuse can slowly erode confidence, self-trust, boundaries, and your sense of reality. You may feel confused, anxious, ashamed, or responsible for someone else’s behaviour. Therapy can help you name what happened, understand its impact, rebuild self-worth, and begin reconnecting with your own voice and needs.
1 Years Experience
Online in Hamilton, ON
Emotional Abuse
Alessia Zita | Zita Psychotherapy
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapy (Qualifying)
Do you often feel on edge, confused, or unsure of yourself in relationships? Many people who have experienced emotional abuse learn to question their feelings, minimize their pain, or adapt themselves to avoid conflict or rejection. You may have been told you were “too sensitive”, made to doubt your perceptions, or felt responsible for keeping the peace—leaving you disconnected from your own needs and sense of self.
These responses are not weaknesses. They are protective strategies that developed in environments where safety, validation, or consistency were missing. What matters is how these patterns continue to shape your life now. Together, we can gently process your experiences, rebuild trust in your inner voice, and work toward feeling more grounded, empowered, and lighter in your relationships. You adapted for a reason. Let’s explore why—and what healing can look like now.
2 Years Experience
Online in Hamilton, ON (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Nora Taylor, MA, RP
Registered Psychotherapist, Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology 1994
It is important to understand what emotional abuse is and how it impacts our lives. Often this is subtle subjective experience. One of the most important things to remember is having the ability to be aware, notice the injury. That's the first step.
32 Years Experience
Online in Hamilton, ON
Emotional Abuse
Nicole Park
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapist (qualifying)
Our emotional abuse therapy helps survivors heal from the trauma of emotional abuse. We provide a safe and supportive environment for clients to process their experiences, rebuild their self-esteem, and develop healthy coping mechanisms. Through evidence-based interventions, we aim to empower individuals to reclaim their lives and foster healthy relationships.
3 Years Experience
Online in Hamilton, ON
Emotional Abuse
Sierra Gaudreault
Registered Psychotherapist, RP
Emotional abuse is particularly painful because the very nature of it makes us doubt ourselves, normalize it and feel alone. Perhaps you are even unsure if certain experiences were abusive. Together we can help you understand the nature of abuse, heal your relationship with yourself and process trauma that you may be carrying with you. I also offer coping skills to help you feel safe and build healthier relationships.
4 Years Experience
Online in Hamilton, ON
Emotional Abuse
Nicole Moss
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), C.S.P.S.S
Life can feel overwhelming when you’re carrying the weight of emotional abuse on your own. My goal is to support you as I genuinely feel that everyone holds their own map to healing, however, many often need help navigating their path forward. Whether you’re also working on trauma recovery, healing from abuse, or working through the stages of grief, you don’t have to go through it alone. I am grateful to be that source of support for current and new clients. I help people create, enforce, and maintain boundaries that may have once felt impossible to implement, giving them space to feel safer, more empowered, and more connected to themselves and others. I work from an eclectic approach, believing there is no one-size-fits-all path to therapy. Together we can help you break free from limiting patterns and beliefs.
1 Years Experience
Online in Hamilton, ON
Emotional Abuse
Atlas Therapy
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, RP
We support individuals who have experienced emotional abuse by providing a safe, validating space to process their experiences and begin healing. Through a trauma-informed approach, we help clients recognize patterns of harm, rebuild self-esteem, establish healthy boundaries, and reduce the lasting impact of psychological abuse. Our goal is to empower clients to regain a sense of safety, self-trust, and emotional well-being.
11 Years Experience
Online in Hamilton, ON
Emotional Abuse
Britney Victor
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Invisible scars from gaslighting, criticism, or manipulation can linger for years. My emotional-abuse recovery program weaves attachment repair, self-compassion, and boundary skills to help you reclaim identity and self-trust. Clients in Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, and online Canada-wide learn to replace internalized shame with empowered self-respect.
13 Years Experience
Online in Hamilton, ON
Emotional Abuse
Pursue You Psychotherapy
Registered Psychotherapist, M.A., R.P
Emotional abuse can be just as damaging as physical abuse, leaving deep wounds that affect self-worth, relationships, and mental well-being. Whether you’ve experienced manipulation, gaslighting, constant criticism, or control in a relationship, Pursue You Psychotherapy provides a safe and validating space to help you heal, rebuild confidence, and regain a sense of self.
Our therapists specialize in trauma-informed care and understand the complex effects of emotional abuse. Whether you are currently in an unhealthy relationship, healing from past experiences, or struggling with self-doubt and trust issues, we offer the support and strategies to help you move forward.
8 Years Experience
Online in Hamilton, ON (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Katherine Mackenzie
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapist
I provide evidence-based therapy for adults healing from emotional abuse, manipulation, and controlling relationship dynamics. Together, we work to understand the impact of these experiences, reconnect with your sense of self, and build healthier patterns in relationships moving forward.
10 Years Experience
Online in Hamilton, ON (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Mariya Garnet
Therapist, Registered Psychotherapist ( Qualifying)
Emotional abuse often leaves no visible evidence, which makes it harder to name and harder to trust your own experience of it. You may have grown up being told you were too sensitive, too much, or not enough. The confusion, self-doubt, and hypervigilance that follow are not character flaws. They are adaptations to an environment that was not safe to be yourself in. I work with the body to help you begin to trust your own perceptions again and reclaim the parts of yourself that went into hiding.
16 Years Experience
Online in Hamilton, ON (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Dr. Claire Vines, Psy.D., Psychologist / Licensed /Psychotherapy / Psychoanalytic/
Marriage and Family Therapist, Marriage, Couples, LMFT. Psy.D. Trauma-Focused CBT
One must gain back control of the sense of personal values , self validation and self control. Set boundaries, learn to honor the past and events. Apply perspective. Do not let yourself get trapped under someone else’s negativity.
The past is gone.
21 Years Experience
Online in Hamilton, ON
Emotional Abuse
Lydia Bennett
Registered Psychotherapist, MA Counselling, BA Psychology
Experiencing emotional abuse can leave deep wounds. I provide a safe, understanding space to process these experiences, rebuild self-worth, and regain trust in yourself and others.
1 Years Experience
Online in Hamilton, ON
Hamilton is undergoing rapid transformation from a steel city to an emerging arts, tech, and health-sciences hub, and therapists here frequently work with the tension between a proud working-class identity and the changes brought by gentrification and urban renewal. McMaster University and McMaster University Medical Centre — one of Canada's leading health research institutions — provide institutional mental health resources and an active clinical training ecosystem. The city's significant immigrant population from South Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America drives demand for culturally informed and multilingual therapists. Hamilton's affordability relative to Toronto has made it a destination for those priced out of the GTA, and therapists regularly address the adjustment challenges of relocation and community rebuilding.
Emotional Abuse therapists in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Statistics
Emotional Abuse therapists in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada average 12 years of experience and charge around $167 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Emotional Abuse (100%), Anxiety or Fears (90%), and Depression (90%).
Average years in practice
12 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$167
Gender ID
| 76% |
Female |
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| 18% |
Male |
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| 4% |
Non-Binary |
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| 2% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 53% |
In Person and Online |
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| 47% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 100% | Emotional Abuse |
| 90% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 90% | Depression |
| 88% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 87% | Self Esteem |
| 80% | Loss or Grief |
| 77% | Stress |